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For Kids Between the ages of 5-8 Years Old

These art lessons are specifically meant for slightly older kids. This category contains lessons that are still meant for kids, but are a bit more challenging and longer.

How To Draw Mrs. Claus

How To Draw Mrs. Claus

Hads is only 5 and I was so impressed with how well she followed and along while we were learning how to draw Mrs. Claus! Also during this lesson we us oil pastels to color Mrs. Claus. If you would like to purchase oil pastels here’s an affil. link to Amazon. If you’d like to […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Christmas, How To Draw, People Tagged With: Christmas, Mrs. Claus, Santa Claus

How To Draw A Christmas Tree

How To Draw A Christmas Tree

You can’t have Christmas without a tree, learn how to draw a Christmas tree with us! You’ll need something to draw with, a piece of paper and a few colors. We’re using oil pastels to color our tree. In this lesson we show you one way to decorate your tree, of course you can decorate […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Christmas, How To Draw, Plants, Winter Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas tree

How To Draw A Christmas Elf Face

How To Draw A Christmas Elf Face

How to draw a Christmas elf face! This guy is going to look awesome next to your drawing of Santa Claus. I know a lot of our projects and drawings tend to focus on the “boy version” but this one should be fairly easy to make into a girl. I’m going to work with Hads on doing […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Christmas, How To Draw Tagged With: Christmas, Elf, Santa Clause

How To Draw Santa Claus’s Face

How To Draw Santa Claus’s Face

We hope all of our art friends had an amazing Thanksgiving yesterday. Now that you’re full from turkey, let’s learn how to draw Santa Claus’s face! Are you a kid? Grab something to draw with and a piece of paper. Sit down and press play, you can draw with us while you watch. If we […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Christmas, How To Draw, People Tagged With: Christmas, Santa Claus

How To Draw A Hedgehog

How To Draw A Hedgehog

How to draw a hedgehog! I know hedgehogs are cute, but when I was looking for a photo to base our lesson off of…I think I overdosed on cute. Hads was watching over my shoulder and all I could hear from her was “Awwwwweee” then I would click on another photo, “Awwweeeee…” So, now we […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Cartoons, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, hedgehog

How To Draw A Boy And A Girl

How To Draw A Boy And A Girl

How to draw a boy and girl! The easiest way to draw people is to draw stick figures, but this lesson will show you that it doesn’t take much more to make your people look even cooler than stick figures. After you draw your people try drawing them again, but this time draw them doing […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Cartoons, How To Draw, People, Under 5 Tagged With: boy, girl, people

How To Draw A Pumpkin For Thanksgiving

How To Draw A Pumpkin For Thanksgiving

We’ve made a few pumpkins before (Jack O’Lantern, Paper 3D Pumpkins), but this how to draw a pumpkin is just for Thanksgiving. So we’ll be coloring it without a scary face. Thanksgiving is a special holiday we love celebrating in our home. It’s the day we pay close attention to things we’re grateful for, oh and […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Autumn, Halloween, How To Draw, Plants, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Halloween, oil pastel, pumpkin, Thanksgiving

Franken-Brain Cutout

Franken-Brain Cutout

One more day until Halloweeeeeeeeen! Today we’re making a cutout, but not just any cutout, it’s a Franken-Brain cutout. You may be asking what is that, well it’s a portrait of Frankenstein but you can lift his hair to reveal his disgusting brain. Siiiiiiick! We thought it was pretty cool 🙂 Our favorite part of […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Cutout Projects, Halloween Tagged With: Cutout, Frankenstein, Halloween

How To Draw A Skeleton

How To Draw A Skeleton

How to draw a skeleton, just in time for Halloween! Of course Hads made her skeleton into a girl. Grab some paper and something to draw with, click the play button and follow along. One of our favorite things about this skeleton is that you can draw him/her doing different things. It’s easy to change […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Halloween, How To Draw, Under 5 Tagged With: Halloween, skeleton

How To Draw A Violin

How To Draw A Violin

Friday is a perfect day for another musical instrument. We’ve drawn a piano and a guitar, but today we’re learning how to draw a violin. All you’ll need for today’s lesson is a piece of paper and something to draw with. We use Sharpies so that it’ll show up easy in the video, we also like […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Music Tagged With: musical instruments, violin

How To Draw A 3D Pizza

How To Draw A 3D Pizza

Mmmmmm who’s hungry? Let’s learn how to draw a 3D pizza! I think this is the fist time we’ve drawn any kind of food (oh wait we’ve drawn cake before), so what better way to start than our favorite. If you liked this food drawing lesson, let us know in the comments what kind of […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Birthday, Dinner, Food, How To Draw Tagged With: food, pizza

How To Draw A Hippo

How To Draw A Hippo

We’re drawing a silly “little” hippo, grab something to draw with and follow along. After you’re done drawing your hippo, be sure to color him in! Do you think hippos are interesting animals? Read more information about them on Wikipedia! You can mail us your real art at: Art for Kids Hub P.O. Box 927 Pleasant Grove, […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Animals, Cartoons, How To Draw, Safari, Under 5 Tagged With: hippo, Hippopotamus

How To Make A 3D Pumpkin

How To Make A 3D Pumpkin

We’ve already drawn a 3D pumpkin but today we’re going to show you how to make a 3D pumpkin! Here’s a list of the supplies you’ll need for this activity: Orange construction paper Green construction paper Scissors Tape Stapler

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Autumn, Cutout Projects, Halloween Tagged With: Halloween, pumpkin, Thanksgiving

How To Fold An Origami Skull

How To Fold An Origami Skull

Boo…We’re showing you how to fold an origami skull, today! Grab a white piece of paper and black marker, click the video, and follow along. Now if your skull doesn’t turn out perfect the first time, keep trying and adjust some some of those last few folds to get the teeth to line up. Worse […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Halloween, Origami For Kids Tagged With: Halloween, skull

Coloring An Autumn Leaf With Oil Pastels

Coloring An Autumn Leaf With Oil Pastels

We’re coloring an Autumn leaf with oil pastels! All you need for today’s art project are the following supplies: Oil pastels The free printable (below) This lesson is specific to oil pastels, but you can adapt it using crayons, colored pencils, or maybe even markers. I’m also very particular about the brand of oil pastels we use (I’ve […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Autumn Tagged With: Autumn, Fall, leaf, oil pastels

How To Draw A 3D Jack O Lantern

How To Draw A 3D Jack O Lantern

Follow along with us and learn how to draw a 3D jack o lantern! It’s fun to see all the pumpkins in the neighborhood beginning to appear. It sure gets us in the Halloween mood. This drawing episode is a really fun way to learn how to add dimension or 3D to your jack o’lantern […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Halloween, How To Draw Tagged With: Halloween, Jack O'Lantern, pumpkin

How To Draw A Mermaid

How To Draw A Mermaid

Learn how to draw a mermaid in a few steps! Hads is doing another drawing with me today, and this one is even cuter than the poodle…ok some may argue that. Well, we hope you have as much fun as we did drawing this mermaid. This would be a lot of fun to color, so […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Cartoons, How To Draw, People, Under 5 Tagged With: mermaid, ocean

How To Draw A Train

How To Draw A Train

How to draw a train…choooo choooo! YES, we’re definitely on a vehicle kick. Trains are very cool, and this one was a lot of fun to draw. In this lesson we use many straight lines without a ruler, but feel free to use a straight edge if you want. They’re nice to use but will add extra […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw, Vehicles Tagged With: locomotive, Train

How To Draw A Monster Truck

How To Draw A Monster Truck

Learn how to draw a monster truck, a super awesome monster truck! Along with drawing a dump truck last week, we thought it would be fun to draw other vehicles. This monster truck can be the beginning to an even better truck. We’d love to see what our art friends can add to this truck […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Vehicles Tagged With: cars, Monster Truck, vehicle

How To Draw A Dump Truck

How To Draw A Dump Truck

Follow along and learn how to draw a dump truck. We found a new fun series we’ll be adding to, every so often…construction trucks! Chuckers helped me with this episode though I feel this lesson would be easy enough for younger artists.  Remember if we ever go too fast during the video, just pause it to catch […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Vehicles Tagged With: construction, dump truck, vehicle

How To Draw An Angelfish

How To Draw An Angelfish

Watch our short video and follow along to learn how to draw an angelfish! This is another fun drawing to do with your young artists…though I had a blast drawing this one too 🙂 Angelfish really are one of the prettiest fishes. In the comments below, let us know what your favorite fish is! Also, […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, How To Draw, Ocean, Under 5 Tagged With: angelfish, Fish

How To Draw A Football Player

How To Draw A Football Player

Follow along and learn how to draw a football player! It’s the beginning of football season, and we couldn’t be more excited…ok, maybe I’m a little more excited than most of my kids. Chuckers and I, really do love watching our team win! I think Hads and Austin are more about the treats 🙂 Who […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Cartoons, How To Draw, People, Sports Tagged With: football, sports

How To Draw A Ninja

How To Draw A Ninja

Learn how to draw a ninja! We’ve done a ninja before (this is the third YouTube video we’ve ever made), but we thought it would be fun to redo him and make him a little more advanced. And really, I don’t think you can ever have too many ninja drawings anyways. Also be sure to check out […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Cartoons, How To Draw, People, Under 5 Tagged With: ninja

How To Draw A Whale

How To Draw A Whale

How to draw a whale. Look out this one is a big one! Ha, we love drawing see animals. I think it’s because they have so many curving lines, and they always seem very graceful. After drawing your whale, don’t forget to color him in. We’d love to see a complete underwater world! Art Materials […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: ocean, whale

How To Draw A Hammerhead Shark

How To Draw A Hammerhead Shark

How to draw a hammerhead shark, it’s SHARK WEEK! OH BOY, we’re excited! This week we’re going to be sticking to a theme, anything and everything that has to do with the ocean. And we’re kicking off this week with a super cool hammerhead. Art Supplies marker paper Lesson Length under 10 minutes

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Cartoons, How To Draw, Ocean, Shark Tagged With: Hammerhead shark, Lesson Length - Under 10 min, ocean, shark, Shark Week

How To Draw A Space Gun

How To Draw A Space Gun

Learn how to draw a space gun! Here’s a fun way to draw a cool looking (even vintage) space gun. These instructions are perfect for younger artists. We tried to keep these steps very simple and use basic lines and shapes. After drawing this one, see if you can come up with your own space […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw Tagged With: space, space gun

How To Draw A Blowfish

How To Draw A Blowfish

Fun how to draw a blowfish steps, just for kids! Pick up those markers and grab some paper we’re going to draw a funny looking blowfish (also known as a pufferfish). Chuckers had a hard time not laughing at his blowfish, we hope you have as much fun drawing with us. Blowfish are crazy ocean […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Animals, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: blowfish, Fish, ocean

How To Draw An Octopus

How to draw an octopus! It’s a wiggly octopus, this guy is a lot like our how to draw a squid. They’re so much fun to draw because you can draw their legs any direction you want. It kind of turns into a big design when you’re done. We love featuring all of our art […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: animal, ocean, octopus

How To Draw A Wolf

How to draw a wolf! If you’ve been checking our site this week and have been wondering where all the new posts are…don’t worry we have a massive update coming this weekend. Also, drum roll please, we have a fun announcement to make on Monday. Stay tuned! In the meantime, today’s Friday so be sure […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Dogs, How To Draw Tagged With: Wolf

How To Draw A Seahorse

How to draw a seahorse! These creatures are so cool, they look like little underwater dragons. If you’d like hope on over to Wikipedia and read more about these guys, they are extremely fascinating. Fun Link To More Info Seahorses on Wikipedia Watch How To Draw A Seahorse

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Cartoons, How To Draw, Ocean, Under 5 Tagged With: ocean, seahorse

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